Sachertort, Sacher Cake, Demel Sachertorte - Sacher Torte is a famous Viennese cake, probably the most famous chocolate cake of all-time.

Sage - Easy-to-Grow Sage is a Wonderful Addition to Your Kitchen Herb Garden. Like many other herbs, sage has a long and glorious past. Throughout history, sage has had more to do with medicine than actual cooking. Even Charlemagne had it grown in his royal garden. It’s always interesting to think that the same little leaves that taste so good with turkey were once used in sacred ceremonies and associated with immortality.
 

Sake 101 - Cooking with Sake - Brewed like beer – tasted and served like wine! Saké is something of a hybrid between beer and wine, with its production and shelf life resembling beer brewing and its taste and body more similar to wine.
 

Saffron - Saffron, the yellow-orange stigmas from a small purple crocus, is the world's most expensive spice. Learn how to buy, use, and store this herb.

Salads & Salad Dressings - Learn all about the history of your favorite salads and salad dressings.
 

Sally Lunn Cake, Soleil et Lune, French Solilemme - A large sponge cake-like bread, more like a bread than a cake that is either yeast or baking powder based that can be made either into a cake, buns, rolls, or even a loaf of bread. Learn about the interesting history of this cake.
 

Salmon - The Indians of the Northwest looked upon salmon with great reverence and had special rituals and legends for the yearly salmon run. Learn about this interesting fish.
 

Salt - Learn all about different types of salt and how to use salt.

Sandwiches - Learn about the true history of the sandwich and who really invented it.

Sauerkraut - What exactly is sauerkraut?
 

Sauces - The Romans used sauces to disguise the taste of the food. Possibly to conceal doubtful freshness. Learn about the history of your favorite sauces.
 

Sazerac Cocktail - The Sazerac cocktail is to New Orleans what the margarita is to the southwest. Learn all about this famous cocktail and try my recipe.

Schwan (Sichuan) Pepper, Timur Pepper, Nepali Pepper - Until very recently there was a long-standing ban on the importation of this pepper. A couple of years ago the FDA banned the importation of Szechuan (Sichuan) Peppercorns because they were carrying a citrus canker virus.
 

Seafood and Fish:

Au Bleu Trout - What does Au Bleu mean?
Caviar - About American caviar
Crawfish - How To Have a Crawfish Boil
Freezing Fish
Fresh Seafood vs. Frozen Seafood - How To Purchase Seafood
How To Select, Buy, and Cook Fish
King Crab - Cooking Crab Legs
Lobster - How To Buy Frozen Lobster Tails
Lutefisk
Oysters - How To Shuck Oysters
Salmon (Learn all about salmon), Salmon en croute
Shrimp - Purchasing, de-veining, cooking, brining, and etiquette of shrimp 
Smelt - Eulachon, Oolichan, Candlefish, Hooligan

Shaving Chocolate - How to make chocolate shavings.

She Crab Soup - Charleston, South Carolina is known for their elegant She Crab Soup. A cross between a bisque and a chowder, made with their famous blue crab meat.
 

Shelf Life of Foods - Storage charts showing how long to refrigerate, freeze, and also store at room temperature of your foods. Storage does not improve the quality of any food. The quality of a food will also not decrease significantly during storage as long as the food is stored properly and used within the recommended time frame.
 

Shiso - Also know as Perilla, Kemangi. & Beefsteak Leaf. Shiso is an herb better known in Asia than the United States. It is a member of the mint family and has many uses in both food and medicine.
 

Shoofly Pie - The origin of the name has been debated for years and will probably never ultimately be solved. Learn all about this Pennsylvania Dutch pie.

Shrimp - Purchasing, de-veining, cooking, brining, and etiquette of shrimp.

Slugburger - Eating slugburgers is a matter of preference, not of practicality. You either love them or hate them. In fact, some people actually crave them.
 

Smelt - The Indians of the Northwest were known for their great wealth, and nutritious smelt oil was one of their most valued trade goods. All about smelt - Eulachon, Oolichan, Candlefish, Hooligan.
 

Smoking Points of Different Oils

Sourdough Starter - Some sourdoughs are over a hundred years old. The starter (or sometimes called a sponge) is a flour and water mixture that contains the yeast used to rise the bread. Learn how to start your own starter.


 

Spam - Spam Musubi - Hawaiians have a love affair with Spam - they eat it as a delicacy, adding it to soups and stews, treating it as a side dish for breakfast, and enjoying it as the main event for lunch and dinner. Lean all about spam and how to make spam musubi.

Spelt Flour - Add Spelt Flour to your Diet for Variety and Nutrition - Spelt flour is one of the most popular and widely available non-wheat flours. It is similar in appearance to wheat but has a much harder outer shell. It does contain gluten and is a popular substitute for wheat in baked goods. Spelt has gained popularity in recent years. We have become more aware of the need to vary the grains we consume and we are seeking out healthy alternatives.
 

Spiedie Sandwich - If you find folks who know of spiedies, they are most likely originally from Binghamton in Broome County, New York, or they know someone who is. Broome County is in New York's Southern Tier, southeast of the Finger Lakes and just north of Pennsylvania.
 

Spinach - Learn how to prepare spinach.
 

Sponge Cake - Sponge Cake are similar to angel cakes in that they use many eggs and no shortening or leavening.

Springform Pans - - All about springform pans and how to use them.

Using A Springform Pan, Substituting for Springform Pan
 

Squash - The term "summer" and "winter" for squash are only based on current usage, not on actuality. Learn all about different types of squash. Includes lots of photos.

Stevia - A Natural and Healthy Sweetener
Stevia is used as a dietary supplement and sugar substitute. It has no calories, no carbohydrates, and a zero glycemic index which makes it a great natural alternative to sugar and chemical sweeteners. Stevia is up to 300 times sweeter than sugar.

Strawberries - There’s nothing that says "Hello Summer" quite like eating a juicy vine-ripened strawberry that has been ripened to perfection in the early summer sunshine. Learn all about the wonderful strawberry.

Stollen, Dresden Stollen, Strutzel, Striezel, Stutenbrot, Christstollen, German Christmas Cake - Learn the history of this famous German Christmas cake.

Sugar: The Natural Sweetener - Only 15 Calories Per Teaspoon!

Sugar: Types of Sugar

Sugar Cream Pie, Hoosier Sugar Cream Pie, Indiana Cream Pie, Sugar Pie, Finger Pie - This pie was know as finger pie because the filling was stirred with a finger during the baking process to prevent breaking the bottom crust.
 

Summer Berries
 

Summer Safety Tips
 

Sushi Rolls (American style) - Making sushi at home is easy to do. Ingredients and equipment can be found at Japanese and Asian foods stores as well as at most large food or grocery stores. Learn how to make sushi.

Sweet Tea & Ice Tea - Southerners swear by their traditional sweet ice tea and drink it by the gallons. In the South, ice tea is not just a summertime drink, it is served year round with most meals. Learn all about the history of this drink, and also how to make it.